Oh, Enzo, what have you wrought? Once a major contributor to the 1970's wave of Italian exploitation film, Enzo Castellari appeared to be all but washed up. With only one feature film on his resume since 1989, when he shifted his output to television, and nothing at all to call his own since 2001 observers would be forgiven for assuming that Castellari was done and out.
But then came Quentin Tarantino. A vocal fan, Tarantino has championed Castellari's work at festivals and on DVD - giving interviews for releases of Castellari's key work - and he, of course, made Castellari's The Inglorious Bastards the basis point for his hugely successful Inglourious Basterds.
Castellari is an old pro, and certainly no fool, and he clearly understood that this was the sort of opportunity that you have to take advantage of. And so he's back in the director's chair for a new feature film: Caribbean Basterds.
But then came Quentin Tarantino. A vocal fan, Tarantino has championed Castellari's work at festivals and on DVD - giving interviews for releases of Castellari's key work - and he, of course, made Castellari's The Inglorious Bastards the basis point for his hugely successful Inglourious Basterds.
Castellari is an old pro, and certainly no fool, and he clearly understood that this was the sort of opportunity that you have to take advantage of. And so he's back in the director's chair for a new feature film: Caribbean Basterds.
- 8/21/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Take your seats, class: Senior writer Chris Nashawaty is kicking off his in-depth weeklong tutorial on all things Quentin Tarantino for the latest installment of EW University. Check out our gallery of 20 Tarantino movie and movie poster faves and our Quentin Tarantino trivia quiz. The Original Bastards: ‘Guys on a mission’ Italian-style If you’re reading this, then you’re probably already hip to the fact that Quentin Tarantino has a new (and badly spelled) new film coming out on August 21 called Inglourious Basterds. And depending on your level of interest in the Pulp Fiction auteur and his well-chronicled movie-geek obsessions, you may also already know that the Brad Pitt WWII epic is loosely based on a fairly obscure (and better spelled) Italian-produced action flick from 1978 called Inglorious Bastards. I’ve seen Tarantino’s Basterds already and I think it’s absolutely fantastic -- the best thing he’s done...
- 8/18/2009
- by Chris Nashawaty
- EW.com - PopWatch
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